Cambodia 1989 20 riels KM-80
This specimen was lot 3204 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 26 € (about US$34 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Camboya. 1989. 20 riels. Juegos Olímpicos - Barcelona '92. Tiradores. AG. Proof." The Democratic Republic of Cambodia was a Vietnamese supported puppet state erected on the wreckage of the Pol Pot regime. It lasted until 1989 when the ruling junta dropped communist ideology and renamed the country the State of Cambodia. This NCLT, isued for the 1992 Summer Olympics, was accompanied by another twenty riels (KM 81) honoring the Winter Olympics.
Recorded mintage: 10,000.
Specification: 16 g, 0.999 fine silver, this specimen 16,07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 80.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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